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NRC proposes changes to its rules on nuclear materials
In response to Executive Order 14300, “Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” the NRC is proposing sweeping changes to its rules governing the use of nuclear materials that are widely used in industry, medicine, and research. The changes would amend NRC regulations for the licensing of nuclear byproduct material, some source material, and some special nuclear material.
As published in the May 18 Federal Register, the NRC is seeking public comment on this proposed rule and draft interim guidance until July 2.
P. Kohut
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 115 | Number 4 | December 1993 | Pages 320-333
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE93-A24062
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The results of a numerical analysis of the eigenvalue spectrum and eigenmodes of the monoenergetic integral transport equation are presented. Anisotropic scattering effects are explicitly considered with P1 and P2 expansions. Benchmark quality data are produced for three related onedimensional homogeneous multiplying slab problems: fuel with vacuum boundary, fuel with reflectors, and fuel/reflector infinite lattice. Two low-order spatial expansion techniques are investigated and shown to be equivalent in accuracy to analytical or high-order spatial expansion methods. The weak finite element formulation is shown to be slightly more accurate than the comparably sized quadrature formulation. The calculational results of the isotropic and anisotropic analysis are compared with data available in the literature and extended to provide additional results reflecting the effects of linearly and quadratically anisotropic scattering.